ضبط ẓabt̤ A s. m. Government, direction, disci- pline, regulation, check, control, possession. ضبط کرنا ẓabt̤ karnā, To take possession, seize, confiscate, rule over, watch, preserve, restrain, control, check. ضبط هونا ẓabt̤ honā, To be taken possession of, to be seized, &c.

ضامن ẓāmin A (part. act. of ضمن) s. m. A surety, a sponsor, security, bail, bondsman.

ضر ẓarr A (Heb. Strait, adversity, hostility) s. m. Loss, damage, injury, distress.

ضبطي ẓabt̤-ī A. 1. s. f. Confiscation, sequestration. 2. adj. Confiscated.

ضرور ẓarūr A (from ضرّ) adj. Necessary, expedient, unavoidable; sub. The necessary.

ضلال ẓallāl A adj. superl. (from ضل) Erring ex- tremely.

ضوا ẓiwā A s. f. Light, splendour, brilliancy, resplendence.

ضروب ẓurūb A s. plur. of ضرب ẓarb, q. v.

ضحا ẓuḥā A (from ضحو To be exposed to the sun. Heb. To be white or shining) s. m. Break- fast-time, that part of the day, about half-way between sunrise and meridian (i. e. the brightest part of the day). عيد الضحا īﻌdu-ẓ-ẓuḥā, s. f. Name of a festival celebrated on the 10th of ẕī-ḥijja, when an animal is sacrificed in com- memoration of Abrahamʼs sacrifice of his son Ismaʼīﻌl, according to the Musalmāns.

ضيغم ẓaig̠ẖam A part. Biting. s. m. A lion.